Saturday, December 1, 2012

iPad mini Giveaway {Merry Christmas}

How is everybody doing on their Christmas shopping? I'm done, and I have it all wrapped. I even bought a present for you, my wonderful Plain Chicken readers!

I am giving you a chance to win a white 16GB WiFi iPad mini!!

OMG! I am SO jealous of you guys. I REALLY, REALLY want this myself. It has taken all my self control not to open the box up and start playing with it!

How do you win? Easy! Just follow the steps on the rafflecopter widget below. I am giving you 14 chances to win. It will ask you to leave a comment (mandatory) and then follow me on all the cool social networking sites (optional, but you'll be missing out). You can also tweet about the giveaway daily and earn extra chances. Just make sure to come back to this post and plug your tweet url into the widget.

DISCLAIMER:
The giveaway is open until Sunday, December 9th at 11:59 p.m. CST. The giveaway is only open to U.S. residents. Be sure a valid email address is included with your comment(s). Winner will be chosen randomly and announced on this post. We will email the winner and if the winner doesn't respond in 48 hours, a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is provided by Plain Chicken. Good luck!

Wow how cool is that!!!! I have been wanting one.What's on my christmas list? Happy kids and weekend away with my hubby...been 7 years since we have spend a night away from the kids (youngest has a disability hard to get sitters). That's my wish!

This year my Christmas list is about my friendly ex husband and my daughter. My ex has experienced a lot of recent tragedies and deaths of friends and family in the past year, so he has the holiday blues.We have a daughter and she's upset to see her father so sad.

I'm the Christmas spirit for our little group and I'm trying to cheer everyone one up. I call my holiday mood "Christmas Determination". I've been watching Christmas movies since the day after Thanksgiving, putting up decorations and shopping for the right gifts for both of them. I've resolved that I'm not going to let either of them succumb to the holiday blues and I'm going to fight to raise their spirits.

Our next door neighbor also lost his mother a couple of months ago and he's agoraphobic, so he sits in his house alone. I have to come up with a holiday gesture to cheer him up too. Haven't figured it out yet.

My holiday wish list is:

1.Keep the holiday spirit alive for my family.

2. Don't let my family succumb to the holiday blues.

3. Don't lose my "Christmas Determination" and stop trying my best because people are depending on me.

Christmas list? Hmmm... sleep would be one (Church musicians are notoriously busy this time of year). But seriously, the only thing I've asked for is an insulated casserole carrier. I just don't NEED anything, and my wants are few. Would have asked for an iPad, but no one in my giving circle can afford it!

I never commented that your new (to me) version of sausage balls was a HIT at book club - what an upgrade from my plain old standby... Would love to pu the mini under my Christmas tree - what a great surprise that would be :)

I love Plain Chicken, so obviously the new cookbook is on my list, along with a food processor and some sewing stuff. We are about to welcome our first child next month, so I'm pretty sure some baby stuff will make its way under our tree too ;)

Yes, you are in the Christmas spirit already! What a great gift idea and this has been on my Christmas list since it was introduced.

This year, I will make Christmas about family and friends. I am not really going overboard but want to do the little special things for others!!! It is not about the gift giving but the feelings passed on to raise spirits and love.

Steph, I use your recipes at least twice a week! My fave is the bisquick choc chip cookies, slow cooker potato soup, and the bran muffins. You are the best! On my Christmas list is a new muffin pan. Thanks!

Seeing a lot of people's responses - it makes me see who has an easy time in this economy and who doesn't. I'm in the doesn't category. My BF hasn't worked steady in 5 years now(painter), I don't care what they say the economy has improved. People hire non-American workers cheaper and don't help their fellow American's by employing them. I thankfully have a full time job but although I am physically handicapped, I stand on my feet all day and fill pain prescriptions for people that evidently are not in the pain I am in daily. (Don't get me started on government assistance and those that abuse it!) Prayers for all of those that have posted that all they want is a basic need. Shame on those who are materialistic and want only more things they don't "have to have".

Well, the easiest thing to say (but not to find) is a set of mistletoe pattern Portmeirion dishes. They were only made for one year but I love how they match my Botanic Garden dishes and add a Christmas flair. I'm in love with the coffee mugs I found at my favorite store, Home Goods!

I haven't really thought about what is on my Christmas list...lol. All my shopping is done for my family though! I would love an iPhone or that my hubby gets the promotion he applied for. That would be the best Christmas gift ever.

I would love for my whole family to be home for Christmas, like it was when we were kids, where everyone came to grandmas and we had a wonderful time till the wee early hours of he morning, seems to me now that everyone has gotten older they dont make family a priority anymore. Sad but i guess thats life.